The itinerary for the trip was pretty awesome. Part of the 48 hours is spent going to two Broadway shows and doing a workshop with one of the actors from a show. As soon as we arrived, we went straight to the studio and met with the musical director and a member from the cast of "Come From Away". The kids learned a musical number "Welcome to the Rock", along with the dance that accompanies it. The chaperones had the option to stick around and watch or go get coffee, wander around and be back in an hour. Are you kidding me??!! Of course, I am going to stay and watch. I LIVE for this stuff!!
I tried very hard to be on the down low and not be obvious about taking photos/video. However, once the kids started rehearsing, I couldn't hold myself back any longer. I took a chair, put it in the corner of the studio and stood on it to record. Talk about putting myself out there! There was no going back now and hiding!
After the dance number, the kids got to do a 30-minute question and answer period with Julie and the musical director.
We made our way to Brooklyn and visited Smorgasburg, the largest open-air food market. I was in charge of Ian and his two friends, both named Ryan! This was interesting having to keep track of 3 teenage boys among a thousand people and these boys all wanted to go in different directions. I survived and we had a great time! It was such a beautiful day!!
After having lunch, we had free time to walk around Times Square. Then it was time to go to Ellen's Stardust Diner for dinner. Love this place! And having a group reservation is the best way to go.
"King Kong" was the show we saw Saturday night. The funniest part of the trip was when we were getting our tickets for the show as we were walking into the theatre. Ian had big plans to sit next to his best buds. He wanted me to be as far away from him as possible. Ian is quickly shuffling the tickets around, taking the ticket from one person and handing it to another person. He had very little time to accomplish what he wanted to do. Upon entering the theatre, the kids went straight to their seats and the adults went to the bathroom. When I made my way to my seat, I looked at the empty seat next to Ian and realized he messed up big-time! Ian inadvertently had me sitting right next to him! The expression on his face as he is realizing what he had done, is priceless. He asked if anyone around us would switch seats with me. Ha! Not only would no one switch seats, but we all couldn't stop laughing! King Kong had great special effects. The way the creators had King Kong have facial expressions were so cool and most impressive. But the storyline and music was very weak.
On Sunday, we did a guided tour of the 9/11 Memorial. Even though I had been before, I learned quite a bit about the September 11th attacks that I didn't know. Again, another beautiful day to be outside and walking around. We had some extra time and took a walk down to Trinity Church and saw where Alexander Hamilton is buried. So cool!
Lunch was at Carmine's and soooo yummy! They do gluten free pasta perfectly. After lunch, we made our way to see "Come From Away". The play tied in nicely with the 9/11 Memorial tour and it really hit home how wonderful this town of Gander, New Foundland was to the 38 planes of people who had no choice to but to land in their town. Their population doubled! Without a doubt, we all loved "Come From Away" and was moved to tears. After the show was over, we went to the stage door and hung out waiting for the actors to come out. We got to see Julie and tell her how great she did.
Chaperoning this field trip was the best! I am so happy I didn't think twice and not sign up to go. I am pretty sure I had more fun than all those kids put together!
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